I had damaged TWO FT-1000D rigs in 2001 from lightening. Both rigs were disconnected from the antenna. Both rigs were unplugged from everything EXCEPT from the ground bus and serial connector to the PC. The pc was disconnected from everything EXCEPT the modem.
When the lightening hit my 40' Rohn 25 tower twice within a couple of minutes, the path was modem card in PC to rig ground. The tower and house were properly grounded. Yaesu confirmed damaged was in the serial interface. Thank goodness I don't have dial-up internet. But, watch your other opportunities for paths to ground. 73 NA1DX -- Doug Ellmore [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
